I'm just a passenger
on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar
through the night
I doesn't matter
where I might get off
I doesn't matter where I lie.
I've been to cities,
I've been to countries
I've left a lover in many towns
I don't care if
I ever get back to
Where I'd already been around.
I'm like an eagle,
I like to fly high
I'm like a snake,
I like to lay low
I'm like a black man,
I'm like a white man
Maybe a red man, I don't know.
I'm just a passenger
on this old freight train
I ride the boxcar
through the night
I doesn't matter
where I might get off
(A cover of the track officially titled The Passenger by Iggy Pop and Ricky Gardiner)
(Below are the original lyrics, this is not how Stipe sang it in this version)
I am a passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am a passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's a rip in the sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin' la la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la la-la
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
See the city's ripped insides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
Oh the passenger
How how he rides
Oh the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the sided hollow sky
He see the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
'cause it just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singin' la la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la la-la
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window's eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
Oh, let's ride and ride and ride and ride...
Singin' la la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la
Firefly, can you see me?
Shine on, glowing, brief and brightly
Could you imagine? One summer day
That same night be on your way
Do you remember? Hearts were too cold
Seasons have frozen us into our souls
People were sayin' the whole world is burning
Ashes have scattered too hard to turn
Upside out or inside down
False alarm, the only game in town
No man's land, the only game in town
Terrible, the only game in town
Passenger, don't you hear me?
Destination seen unclearly
What is a man deep down inside
What a raging beast with nothing to hide
Upside out or inside down
False alarm, the only game in town
No man's land, the only game in town
I am the passenger and I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, the bright and hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's ripped backsides
And everything looks good tonight
Singing la la la la la.. lala la la, la la la la.. lala la la etc
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
We'll see the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
Stars made for us tonight
Oh, the passenger
How, how he rides
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the sign and hollow sky
He sees the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
'Cause it just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and see what's mine
Singing la la la la.. lala la la [x3]
Oh the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window side
He sees the things that he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city sleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So let's ride and ride and ride and ride
Oh, oh, Singing la la la la lalalala
Here I lay
Still and breathless
Just like always
Still I want some more
Mirrors sideways
Who cares what's behind
Just like always
Still your passenger
Chrome buttons, buckles and leather surfaces
These and other lucky witnesses
Now to calm me
This time won't you please
Drive faster
Roll the windows down
This cool night air is curious
Let the whole world look in
Who cares who sees anything
I'm your passenger
I'm your passenger
Drop these down and
Put them on me
Nice cool seats
There to cushion your knees
Now to calm me
Take me around again
Just don't pull over
This time would you please drive faster
Roll the windows down
This cool night air is curious
Let the whole world look in
Who cares who sees what tonight
Roll these misty windows down
To catch my breath
And then go and go and go just drive me
Home and back again
Here I lay just like always
Don't let me go
Here I lay, still and breathless
Just like always, still I want some more
Mirrors sideways, who cares what's behind
Just like always, still your passenger
Chrome buttons, buckles an' leather surfaces
These and other lucky witnesses
Now to calm me, this time won't you please
Drive faster
Roll the windows down, this
Cool night air is curious
Let the whole world look in,
Who cares who sees anything
I'm your passenger
I'm your passenger
Drop these down and put them on me
Nice cool seats there to cushion your knees
Now to calm me take me 'round again
Don't pull over this time won't you please
Drive faster
Roll the windows till this
Cool night air is curious
Let the whole world look in
Who cares who sees what tonight
Roll these misty windows
Down to catch my breath and then
Go and go and don't just
Drive me home and back again
Here I lay, just like always
Don't let me go go go go go go go go go
So I can tell you a story of... of my life
Of sadness and sorrow, I show you my world where I hide
How did it come that I'm helpless, I'm on the edge
Far away from my own life, I'll be everywhere
I'm the one, but I'm not there
I've become a passenger, far away, lost and no one
knows me
From that day on, I started to
To search for this: my attitude! Every day I like my
last day
Can I be sure that I'm right when I say, hi!
Hi, to this way that I'm walked and passed by
Oh, every day I remember my first day on this side
I'm the one, but I'm not there
I've become a passenger, far away, lost and no one
knows me
From that day on, I started to
To search for this: my attitude! Every day is like my
last day
I'm far away from my own, far away from my own
My whole life changes and starts anew
Whole life changes and starts anew, anew...
I'm the one, but I'm not there
I've become a passenger, far away, lost and no one
knows me
From that day on, I started to
To search for this: my attitude! Every day is like my
last day
Passenger - Passenger - Passenger
I'm far away from my own
Passenger - far away from my own
I'm far away from my own, far away from my own
My whole life changes and starts anew
Whole life changes and starts anew, anew
Caged
You hold so tight until your knuckles show
Escape
As far away as you could ever know
You sink them all down
And watch them float up
Until the wheel has spun around
You will be bound by what you are
You stand in the corner
With your face stripped of colour
For what?
If you want to be a passenger
Climb aboard with me we're leaving now
Step outside and see another world
Only if you want to be a passenger
Chained
So many places you'd prefer to be
Than framed
By a picket fence and salary
You sink them all down
Then watch them float up
Until the wheel has spun around
You will be bound by who you are
You're tied to the corner
With your hope twisted under
In knots
If you want to be a passenger
Climb aboard with me we're leaving now
Step outside and see another world
All passenger prepare the game ritual:
There once was a man on this train, he was born into this world alone
Hands never laid on the wheel, content, he will never know more
He was a quiet man in pain, his tears I fear are closing in again
What you lose in years you again in perspective
And the passenger pauses to see his mistakes
For with nothing to follow he'd lived all his life in vain
But then, who here among us is without shame?
His way was divergent and cold, defaced, this mask he must create
And the circle unfolding still, unscathed, he will turn a blind eye
He will miss the last train home this day, recycled in the flow reborn again
The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
And the passenger pauses to see his mistakes
For with nothing to follow he'd let all his will decay
But then, true wisdom comes in learning pain
And I have known pain
And the passenger pauses to see his mistakes
For with nothing to follow he'd lived all his life in vain
But then, the lesson unlearned he will begin again:.
Have you been the broken one?
Lying by the side of the road
Waiting for a good Samaritan
But no one has the time to ask
Why are you bleeding
And are you going far?
All the rest has left
It is burning on my chest
Can you see the air is angry
Collapsing into nothing?
Oh, the soul has risen
But never has forgiven
So we stay and starve the heart
To make a living
Have you seen the hungry ones?
Digging in the sand
Once a sleeping passenger
Awoken to this tired land
Last chance
To find out where I am
And all the rest has left
It is burning on my chest
Can you see the air is angry
Collapsing into nothing?
Oh, the soul has risen
But never has forgiven
So we stay and starve the heart
To make a living, a living
All the rest has left
It is burning on my chest
Can you see the air is angry
Collapsing into nothing?
Oh, the soul has risen
But never has forgiven
And all the rest has left
It is burning on my chest
Can you see the air is angry
Collapsing into nothing?
Oh, the soul has risen
But never has forgiven
So we stay and starve the heart
To make a living, a living
Then I woke, seven whole days gone
The sunrise is perfect
Taking aim, changing colours while it burns
It made my stomach turn
It made me quite unsure
A lesser diamond on a road with no horizon
Then it comes...I'm stardust
When a day hasn't been torture let me know
I'll find a way up, celebrate, then wake up
On the ground
I may define disturbed
A mental village burned
Connect to silence, say a prayer, let go of the rope
Then let it come
Now i'm done and I know
Because it hurts in all ways
In other words I am a passenger
A dream that's over
I'll let your wild ocean
Hold my light while you're quite broken...it's alright
I'll let the emotion roll my eyes
If not I apologize
Now I'm done
For once in my life I hurt
A slow train has overturned
And I am a passenger
I saw your face, stuck in a crowd
Silently screaming out loud
I felt the beat echo your heart
Throw me a line cuz its too far
All that you want, all that you see
All that you thought that you believe
Is it enough? Do you think its too much?
You say you only trust what you can touch
All you got to do is reach out for it
All that you want
Is standing right in front of you
All that you need
Is love....
All that you want
Is standing right in front of you
All that you need
Is love...
Up to the ledge, put out my hands
Get to the bones of where i'd land
Trade in my fears, trade in my thoughts
They disappear behind your walls
All that I want, all that I need
All that I thought I believed
Was it enough? Sure not too much?
Now youre the only thing that I can trust
All I got to do is reaach out for it
All that you want
Is standing right in front of you
All that you need
Is love....
All that you want
Is standing right in front of you
All that you need
Is love...
[Instrumental]
Its all for you...
Its all for you...
Light up my lantern, I'll cut you a path,
We've walked for hours and it's getting dark
We left the roadside in search of aid,
Wind-screen shattered and tire marks made
I've never seen someone bleeding like this,
Rip off your sleeve and clench your wrist
I'll light the stove and sit by the hearth,
Orangey glow light the wintry dark
We kept her bedroom exactly the same,
Winters they followed and Summers they came
He'd bash around, banging down on the floor
I sit alone with an eye on the door
Stop in this clearing, we'll stay here tonight
Press up against me, I'll hold you so tight
I got these matches, we'll let off some smoke
And maybe they'll see up and maybe they won't
Blanket of leaves hide the light from the stars,
I'll lie awake listening out for cars
He stares through curtains when he talks to the night,
I sit and listen for tires on the drive
I keep on waiting and he keep on talking
Just stop him talking, please stop him talking
No, give me silence
Give me silence,
Give me silence
Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go
Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast
You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch, oh it dies
But you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast
Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep
Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go
Oh oh oh no
And you let her go
Oh oh oh no
Well you let her go
'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
When I was a kid, the things I did, were hidden under the grid
Young and naive, I never believed that love could be so well hid
With regret, I'm willing to bet, you say the older you get
It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget
It gets under your shirt like a dagger or work
The first cut is the deepest, but the rest will flippin' hurt
You build your heart of plastic, get cynical and sarcastic
And end up in the corner on your own
'Cause I love to feel love but can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
I thought I was close, but under further inspection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
Oh, no
So what's the point in getting your hopes up
When all you're ever getting is choked up
When you're coked up,
And can't remember the reason why you broke up
You call her in the morning
When you're coming down and falling
Like an old man on the side of the road
'Cause when you're apart you don't want to mingle
When you're together you want to be single
Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss
That made your heart tingle
How much greener the grass is
With those rose tinted glasses
But the butterflies, they flutter by
And leave us on our asses
'Cause I love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
I thought I was close, but under further inspection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
There's fish in the sea for me to make a selection
I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection
'Cause all I want to do is try to make a connection
But it seems I've been running in the wrong direction
Oh, oh
Oh, oh I love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
I thought I was close, but under further inspection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
I love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection
And I thought I was close, but under further inspection
It seems I've been running in the wrong direction
Oh, oh
Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction
Oh, oh
Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction
Well it seems I've been running in the wrong direction
Oh, no
Seems like I've been running in the wrong direction
Tobacco stains our yellow teeth
And all our fingers and underneath
Our fingernails, that clasp on sheets
As we try desperately to sleep
Hearts are sad and eyes are tired
And all this Red Bull keeps us wired
Gives us wings,
It gives us rings around our eyes
We put three sugars in our tea
Sit to watch too much day time TV
And laugh at mums
Who don't know who the father is
And all our girlfriends are long gone
We watch too much internet porn
Who needs love
When you've got silicone and strap-ons
And beer bloats our spoiled guts
And shit jobs keep us in ruts
And keep us eyeing up
The whats and ifs and buts and maybes
And falling over in the street
Is just a part of every week
And we lie drunkenly
Just staring at the stars
Remember when they were in reach
And all the teachers used to teach
You can do anything
If you put your mind to it
We put our minds to it all
But disappointment crashed the ball
We could have done anything
But we just never quite knew it
So tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
Tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
And tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
And tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
Oh oh, so tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
And tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
Tie your scarf on tight
It's to be a cold night
Tie your scarf on tight
In an old house on a hillside
Next to the sea
Far from the madness, that folds around me
Peaceful and gentle, like sails on the breeze
In an old house on a hillside
Next to the sea
There's a warm light on a cold night
And clean cotton sheets
Soap smelling skin and tingling feet
With stars lining the skyline
And shine through the trees
In an old house on a hillside
Next to the sea
And when the autumn comes down
We'll get what we need from the town
And all of our friends will be round
In an old house on a hillside
Next to the sea
Moon white as paper and night like asleep
With old things behind us and new things to be
In an old house on a hillside
Next to the sea
And when the sunshine comes down,
My hair will turn golden
And my skin will turn brown
one - two - three - four
[Mike]
Well sometimes, I get tired of waking up on my own
And sometimes, I feel like I want to go home
But the cars they keep on driving
Down a road that doesn't seem to end
[All]
So we're following owls in the flight of the crow,
Living where its green,
But what good is it though
Life getting narrower the further you go,
Sunset's before they rise
It's there in the shadows where nobody goes,
It's there in the dark but what good is it though,
It's a vanishing point on a shimmering road
And there when I close my eyes
[Mike]
Well sometimes,
Yeah, it's hard to know the way to go
When the waters rise around you
And the fire rages down below
[All]
So we're following owls in the flight of the crow,
Living where its green,
But what good is it though
Life getting narrower the further you go
Sunset's before they rise,
It's there in the shadows where nobody goes,
It's there in the dark,
But what good is it though
It's a vanishing point on a shimmering road
And there when I close my eyes
[Mike]
Oh no oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
'Cause we're bullets and we fire from shot guns
Flying through birthday's and new years
Yeah, we're rolling stones,
But the moss keeps growning around
Hearts and our eyes and our ears
Yeah, we're bullets and we fire from shot guns
Flying through birthdays and new years
Yeah, we're rolling stones,
But the moss keeps growning around
Our hearts and our eyes and our ears
[All]
So we're following owls in the flight of the crow,
Living where its green,
But what good is it though
Life getting narrower the further you go,
Sunset's before they rise
It's there in the shadows where nobody goes,
It's there in the dark,
But what good is it though
It's a vanishing point on a shimmering road
It's there when I close my eyes,
It's there when I close my eyes,
We are bitter losers, snarling through our smiles
We're the lost boys, in the supermarket isles
We're Christmas dogs, dumped by the side of the road
Confused, we will run for miles
We are road rage
We are stone age
We are wild
We are busted light bulbs, in a backstreet neon sign
We're the shaking gun, in a service station line
We'll drink though we're drunk,
We'll sink though we've sunk
We're fucked but we say that we're fine
We are rampage,
Missing back page's in our spine
We long, for journeys and the roadside
We long, for starlight and the low tide
Yeah, we long, for fairy tales and firesides
And oh,
We are coffeehouse cynics,
Too righteous, too rigid to believe
Disappointed romantics,
Scraping the heart's from our sleeves
We're the toothless drunk,
We're the aging punk
Yeah, we are Adam,
We're the apple and we're Eve
We are beggars with shiny pennies, on our knees
We long, for sunlight on the hillsides
Yeah, we long, for yesterdays and hindsight
Oh, we long, for fairy tales and firesides
And oh,
Yeah we long for carnivals and fairground rides
Oh, we long for journeys and the roadsides
Well we dance without our shoes,
But there's glass around our feet
And we'd walk around the town,
But we're allergic to concrete
We'd be stuffed to the gills
But there's nothing here to eat
No, there's nothing here to eat
No, there's nothing here to eat
Oh, well we'd love to rest our eyes
But we hear the floor boards creek
So, we lie with one eye open and
Clutch knives between the sheets
If there's no rest for the wicked
Well, then we'll never get no sleep
We'll never get no sleep
No, we'll never get no sleep
Oh, no...
'Cause we're banging our head's against brick walls
And the walls are hard and our head's are soft
It's a painful way to get attention
It's a painful way to get attention
We're banging our head's against brick walls
And the walls are hard and our head's are soft
It's a painful way to get attention
It's a painful way to get attention
We're banging our head's against brick walls
And the walls are hard and our head's are soft
It's a painful way to get attention
It's a painful way to get attention
We're banging our head's against brick walls
And the walls are hard and our head's are soft
It's a painful way to get attention
It's a painful way to get attention
We're banging our head's against brick walls
And the walls are hard and our head's are soft
It's a painful way to get attention
It's a painful way to get attention
We're banging our head's against brick walls
And the walls are hard and our head's are soft
It's a painful way to get attention
One went out at a bus-stop in Edinburgh
One went out in an English park
One went out in a night club, when I was fifteen
Little lights in my heart
One went out when I lied to my mother
Said the cigarettes she found were not mine
One went out within me
Now I smoke like a chimney
It's getting dark in this heart of mine
It's getting dark in this heart of mine
We're born with millions
Of little lights shining in the dark
And they show us the way
One lights up, every time you feel love in your heart
One dies when it moves away
One went out in the back streets of Manchester
One went out in an airport in Spain
One went out, have no doubt
When I grew up and moved out
Of the place where the boy used to play
One went out when uncle Ben got his tumor
We used to fish and I fish no more
Though we will not return
I know one still burns
On a fishing boat of the New Jersey Shore
On a fishing boat of the New Jersey Shore
We're born with millions
Of little lights shining in the dark
And they show us the way
One lights up every time we feel love in our hearts
One dies when it moves away
We're born with millions
Of little lights shining in our hearts
And they die along the way
Till we're old and we're cold
And we're lying in the dark
'Cause they'll all burn out one day
They'll all burn out one day
Oh oh, they'll all burn out one day
They'll all burn out one day
I've got no money in my hand, or my coat, or my pocket.
Won't get to space 'cause I haven't got a rocket.
But I have air in my lungs, eyes in my sockets
and a heart that beats like a tap that leaks
in the night when you haven't got a plumber that can stop it,
Jack-in-the-Box without a key to lock it
Well, this boat may sink, but I'm not gonna rock it
'cause the sea doesn't know my name.
Yeah, the boat may sink, but I'm not gonna rock it
'cause the sea doesn't know my name.
Well, if you can't get what you love,
you learn to love the things you've got.
If you can't be what you want,
you learn to be the things you're not.
If you can't get what you need,
you learn to need the things that stop you dreaming.
Oh, the things that stop you dreaming.
Well, I've got no-one's word and nobody's promise,
not a lot to show but this book full of sonnets.
My liver may be fucked, but my heart is honest,
and my word is true like the sky is blue
in the summertime when everyone gets on it,
warm our skins and get sunburned from it.
And our eyes shine bright like a sky full of comets
that shoot like silver trains.
Yeah, our eyes shine bright like a sky full of comets
that shoot like silver trains.
Well, if you can't get what you love,
you learn to love the things you've got.
If you can't be what you want,
you learn to be the things you're not.
If you can't get what you need,
you learn to need the things that stop you dreaming.
Oh, oh.
Oh, the things that stop you dreaming.
Well, if you can't get what you love,
you learn to love the things you've got.
If you can't be what you want,
you learn to be the things you're not.
If you can't get what you need,
you learn to need the things that stop you dreaming.
Oh, oh.
Got a pinch of tobacco in my pocket
I'm not gonna roll it, no, I'm not gonna smoke it
Till we're staring at the stars and the rockets
Twinkling in the silvery night
Two sips of whiskey in the flask
But I'm not gonna drink 'em
I swear I'll make it last
Till we're drinking out of the same glass again
And though the sand may be washed by the sea
And the old will be lost in the new
Well four will not wait for three
For three never waited for two
And though you will not wait for me
I'll wait for you
Got a Polaroid picture in my wallet
I'm not gonna tear it, no, I'm not gonna spoil it
It's an unspoken heartbreak
A heartbroken handshake
I take with me where I go
Three words on the tip of my tongue
Not to be spoke nor sung
Or whispered to anyone
Till I scream 'em at the top of my lungs again
And though the sand may be washed by the sea
And the old will be lost in the new
Well four will not wait for three
For three never waited for two
And though you will not wait for me
I'll wait for you
Oh, whoa
And, oh, oh, oh
I'll wait for you
Oh, whoa
And, oh, oh, oh
And I'll wait for you
Oh, oh
Got a pinch of tobacco in my pocket
I'm not gonna roll it, no, I'm not gonna smoke it
Till we're staring at the stars and the rockets
Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic
Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
The boy laughed at the spastic dancing round in the rain
While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rubbed toes
Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
Dressed in their suits and their boots well they all look the same
I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books
And crackling vinyl
And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
Don't you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what you'r given
Life's for the living so live it
Or you're better of dead
While the evening pulled the moon out of its packet
Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket
We needed a nail but wetacked it 'til it fell off the wall
While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call
And i stumbled down to the stomach of the town
Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
Don't you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what you'r given
Life's for the living so live it
Or you're better of dead
Well i'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage
They take your dreams down and stick them in storage
You can have them back son when you've paid off your mortgage and loans
Oh hell with this place, i'll go it my own way
I'll stick out my thumb and trudge down the highway
Someday someone must be going my way home
Till then i'll make my bed from a disused car
With a matress of leaves and a blanket of stars
And i'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
Don't you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what you'r given
You know life's for the living so live it
Or you're better of dead
Don't you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what you'r given
Life's for the living so live it
Well last night I couldn't sleep
I got up and started walking
Down to the end of my street
And on into town
Well I had no one to meet
And I had no taste for talking
Seems I'm talking my whole life
It's time I listen now
Well I walk past the late night boys
With their bottles in their doorways
And I walk past the business men
Sleeping like babies in their cars
And I thought to myself
Oh, son
You may be lost in more ways than one
But I have a feeling that it's more fun
Than knowing exactly where you are
Like a stone carried on the river
Like a boat sailing on the sea
Well I keep on walking
Oh, I keep on walking
Till I fine that old love
Or that old love, comes to finds me
Well I walked into the morning
And felt that warm sunlight forming on my shoulders
'Cause it hit with no warning
Like a summer sky storming in my lungs
Ain't it funny how the kids walk by
They'll do anything to make themselves look older
While the women spend their money
On anything that makes them look young
Like a stone carried on the river
Like a boat sailing on the sea
Oh, I keep on walking
Well I keep on walking
Till I fine that old love
Or that old love, comes to finds me
Oh, lo, no
Oh, whoa, whoa, no
Oh, lo, oh
Oh, whoa, oh
Well I'm like a stone, oh
And I'm carried on the river
Like a boat sailing on the sea
Oh, well I keep on walking
Well I said I'll keep on walking, oh
Till I fine that old love
Or that old love, comes to finds me
Till I fine that old love
Well if love is blind,
Then home's where the heart is
How we ever gonna get back where we started
From now on, run with blindfolds
Into the woods till the trees knock us out cold
Winds shriek like drunken females
On a hen night, last bit of fun,
Till he breaks her heart in a text or an email
She can deal with the bastard son
We've got a knife in our hearts and a fork in the road
We see a light in the dark but it's fading like hope
I'll make a promise just to break it for the sake of it
We think that we're honest but truth is what we make it to be
Well a stitch in time saves nine, that's fine
But we've all been proper stitched up this time
It's a right old mess at a grand old time
Right and left, in front and behind
It's Sunday, Sunday, another bloody Sunday
Just a day till another bloody Monday
Morning, yawning, boring, snoring
In front of the boss when you just got a warning
We've got a knife in our hearts and a fork in the road
We see a light in the dark but it's fading like hope
I'll fall in love with you and love, you can fall in love with me
Just so there's someone else to blame when it all falls down
When it all falls down, down, down
When it all falls down, down
So let's get some fire in our hearts,
And a yellow brick road
I'm getting bored of the dark,
We could turn the lights on, you know
I'll make a promise and I'll keep it for the sake of it
We could tell the truth for once, see just how we take to it
We could walk in forests and climb up every tree
We'll build our house upon the sand, every day in the sea
I'll fall in love with you and love, you can fall in love with me
Just so there's somebody else
Just so there's somebody else
Looking at pictures on Facebook,
Of your ex-girlfriend
At three in the morning
Never helped anyone,
Never helped anyone,
Never helped
Getting so drunk you fall over
Singing up at lamp-posts
At two in the morning
Never helped anyone,
Never helped anyone,
Never helped
'Cause it's so pure you can hardly taste it
Oh, it's so pure you can hardly taste it
Going to parties with friends,
Who are friends of friends
At one in the morning
Never helped anyone,
Never helped anyone,
Never helped
Eleven o'clock in the pub
Drinking everything in sight,
But still not getting drunk
No, never helped anyone,
Never helped anyone
Never helped
Oh, it's so pure you can hardly taste it
Oh, it's so pure you can hardly taste it
So just hold on
When the party's over,
And all your friends are going home
With their girlfriends to their dog or beds
Yeah, just hold on
When the party's over
And you can't help the world's spinning
'Cause heartbreak goes straight to your head
Looking at pictures on Facebook
Of your ex-girlfriend
At three in the morning
Never helped anyone,
Never helped anyone,
Well I clung to you,
Like cat hair clings to a woolen shirt
You needed me, like a wedding dress needs dirt
The more that I wanted, the harder I squeezed
The harder I squeezed, the less you could breathe
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
And I cried for you,
Like a widow cries at her lover's grave
You haunted me through my stinging nights,
And aching days
The more that you struggled, the tighter the knots,
The tighter the knots, the lower we got
And we sunk down to the bottom
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Yeah, we sunk down to the bottom of the sea
Oh no,
'Cause I saw divers and submarines
And I saw divers and submarines
Your world always seemed so far away
My words are bouncing against your shield
They say time will heal all wounds
But I can't bleed forever
I want to live
I want to breathe
I want to live forever
Please spare us your self-pity
It's tedious enough
The stack of empathy
Has long ago run out
I hold no regrets of what has been done
I don't need the memories of a haunted man
It sickens me to feel this way
But I can't bleed forever
I want to live
I want to breathe
I want to live forever
We got to give them someting
It is time to crawl
You go to lend us the moment
And you'll have a rewind for life
Who do we blame?
For this rain
Is this just another breakdown?
Who do we blame?
For this rain
Why dont we stop and just let go?
We got to take away something
It is time to fall
You go to lend us the moment
You're in a rewind for life
I'm lost and confused
I'm stuck in your favourite parade
I'm choking, I feel strangled
I cant get a feeling
Is this a game?
I'm begging
But you wont please me
How come I bleed for this illusion
I've been falling for so long now
Will I ever see that this isnt real?
Then it all comes into the frame
The struggle- It just isnt worth it
We think we are the originality
We overdo it and become just the same
Im waiting for a break
So for it seemed to be out of reach
But today I'm god-like
Stay away cause its my time to play
The revenge- feel my wrath
Stay away because I'm back
I'll join the elite
This is the life i got to live
This is the time that I can give
The efforts that I make
Are just so that you won't escape
Feels like I'm falling
Like this would never ever change
I just keep stumbling
I am the fool in your charade
Sleep is an overrated thing
Something to do when I know I win
Let me know when its time to go
I have a lot of things to show
I'm so brilliant
I'm a joke
My tongue is golden
I'm about to choke
And I'm holy
I'm a wreck
My voice is velvet
I have a rope around my neck
I'm so tired of this world in my head
I am the man that lost
So tired, so tired of myself
Am I the man that lost?
I'm a king
I'm a kick to the curb
I see things clear
My world is disturbed
And I'm a mountain
Yeah I'm a pile
I long for tomorrow
Haven't seen it in a while
The tower Ive been
A brick I am
A statue so grand
I feed your sun
But I never thought
That I would be burned like this
Your rays of evil licking my skin
So hear my prayer now
Teach me to win
Or I'll be gone
Blinded by false innocence
Steal my wings
And I die slowly
Cracked smile, deceivable eyes
I'm burned by the wind
And I die slowly
These days I'm dirt
Bring the rain
Because I am the desert
I feed your sun but I never thought
I'll be burned like this
I turn my back on you
And as I try to, I hurt for you
I keep degrading you
And it's a feeling of healing
You are on your knees
I feel so pleased
How should I reply?
When all you say is why
I open up for you
And as I try to, I picture you
I keep degrading me
And it's a feeling of healing
Cut through the silence
I'm shaking
I'm ready but I'm still waiting
Everything is coming back around
I'm praying
I'm lying
Like I've never done anything else
Emptiness is all I find
When I.....
See through the eyes of my mind
I can't tell you anything
About the early hours
I'm sober now
Don't ask me how
Used to have endless day
Sick of begging
Sick of trying to please
Sick of the struggle
Sick of your fake id
If I ever feel your scent again
Youre one fist to close
If I ever see your shadow again
Youre going down the hard way
They call me the comedy clown
They feed me waste in the gutter
They call me teh comedy clown
I am waste in the gutter
If I ever see you again
I'll be close to my grave
If I ever lie to you again
I'll be dirt
Pacing around in circles
Talking to himself
He could see teh beauty there
Talking to another one
She came to see our city
She came in the dead of the night
I tried to introduce him
But she got scared and ran away
They came, thousands from far away
They came a sunny day
I tried to introduce him
Now I'm talking to myself
I tried to introduce him
Now I am the one talking to myself
What would you sacrifice for reality?
Is it important what we used to be?
Looks like I got here first
Offer a king and I'll invite you in
Spend carnival money
Because tomorrow wont be as sunny
Praise you
I cant change you
When I try to
Above it all
We end up somewhere
If we're equal
We could go far
Dim the lights
We're everything
The day we try to bend it
(We fall) like any other star
Would you save this moment for another day?
If youre told maybe and thats all the say
Cross the waters to the silent
Focus on love
A golden dove
Wake up (to) a new day
Lets climb to the top
Wind-screen wiper's never gonna stop,
Never stop wiping all the snow from the top of our car,
A car that has traveled so far from our homes,
It's never good to feel alone
But we've got what we've got
It's friends that we've got in a car,
A car that has traveled so far from our homes,
It never feels good to be alone
You're in the headlights,
Skidding out into the road
Like a deer, scared and covered in snow
Oh, you're in the headlights,
Skidding out into the road
Like a deer, scared and covered in snow
Flakes, they fall on boxes and tins and cans
The tins and the cans that fall from bins and hands
And our hands we hold in such a hurry in a world,
That doesn't seem to care about
Themselves or each other
Or themselves or each other,
Or sisters or mothers,
Or themselves or each other,
Or architects or brothers,
Or themselves or each other,
Or astronauts or fathers,
Or themselves or each other,
Or themselves
So, kiss me here beneath the street lights
In a lay-by, all covered in snow oh!
Yeah, kiss me here beneath the street lights
And oh, in a lay-by, all covered in snow for now
You and I, we've always been crows,
Hiding black wings beneath the snow
You and I, we've always been crows,
Hiding yellow feet beneath the snow
You're in the headlights, darling oh!
And you're flying out over the road, no, no
And you're covered in snow
And oh, you're in the headlights, darling now
You're flying out over the road
Well the sky's turning purple
Above the community centre
And I'm sitting in a circle,
Telling my secrets to strangers
And they say I've got a problem
But I don't know that I've got one
'Cause you never know that you've got one
'Til someone comes along and spots one
They say it's the hardest step
But it's the first one of many
And my feet are stuck to the ground
And I can't seem to take any
I could tell them I just came
For the free cup of tea and the biscut
And make my way towards the door
But I don't think I can risk it
'Cause I never wanted to stay,
But the morning came so soon
And we all know the words,
But we just sing them out of tune
'Cause I had my first drink when I was fourteen,
And I knew that I was in trouble
'Cause I woke up the next morning
With my face down in the rubble
And everyone was drinking singles
I pour myself a double,
I just needed a little bit more
And now I'm sitting here with my name badge
And I'm listening to the same sad stories
About their old dads,
Who're making all the same
Bad turning's at their crossroads
And drowning all their sorrows,
Without any lifeguard around
Oh no, I never wanted to stay
But the morning came so soon
And oh, we all know the words
But we just sing them out of tune
And oh, oh no
And the sky's turning dark
So we step out into the car-park
And I see you all same place, same time next week
But before we go our separate ways
Theres just one thing I'd like to say is,
As we grow and while
she nails in the prophet.
Amoung the day she saw diamonds and ghosts.
The ground is betrayed,
the lifeless the resperated fall to dirt.
Behold as the water flow within.
The roots of life now sprout to this.
Bent and stirred up earth.
The diseased shall see new light.
Forget the figures.
Sever the distance between,
who we are and never will be.
The shift of "true man kind".
To see us truely shine.
This would bend me.
As i fold in time.
But the holders of survival,
[Geoff Tate // Lead Vocals & Backing Vocals]
[Jeff Carrell // Electric guitar & Backing Vocals]
[Howard Chillcot // Synths, Steinway Piano & Backing Vocals]
[Evan Schiller // Acoustic Drums, Loops & Percussion]
[Scott Moughton // Acoustic Guitar & Electric Guitar]
I'm looking back
at what just happened,
a little bit lost, apprehended.
I've made mistakes.
Could I say it any clearer?
I've not been sleeping,
it feels like a week.
Our conversations in my head
and my body aches.
I'm not sure what's real anymore.
I'm not sure anymore...
and I feel like a passenger on a train.
Just watching the world fly by...
only a passenger.
A little entangled and short of breath,
when you look at me that way,
you're so hard to resist.
I wish I could say what I feel like you...
yeah, it's easy for you.
What we're going through right now,
we need time to understand.
There's needs that are different
between a woman and a man.
But I know I love you
as clear as this window
I'm looking though.
And I'm just a passenger on this train.
Always watching the world fly by,
trying my best to explain.
Please forgive me if this seems
like some "phase" I'm in.
I'm busy watching where I've been.
Just like a passenger...
I search your eyes but you're not there.
I reach for your hand try to pull you near ...me
but you move... away.
I feel like a passenger on a train.
Always had so much time,
never had to explain.
There was my life
gone in the blink of an eye.
And I feel like a passenger.
A passenger.
And I feel like a passenger
on this train.
And I feel like a passenger.
A passenger.
I wonder how it woyuld be to have your arms around me
to have your lips like that whine to have your hands gently carressing
mine
all night in my bed she is in my head, i cant stop her im just a
passenger
as days go by i see that you were meant for me
it adds up easily so lets just let it be
the world will fade i dont care as long as you are there
we'll make the perfect pair we'll be like sonny and cher
all night in my bed she is in my head, i cant stop her im just a
passenger
just ask me for the sky, i'll give you everything
time will pass us by, i'll give you everything
all night in my bed she is in my head, i cant stop her im just a
Chorus:
Yeah, you should already know,
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
I said I'm.. in my coop, got your bitch up in my passenger
I'm riding in that spaceship, my life and,
Big on forty five , and that revolver shake like Africa.
Your girl go fuck you right and she will come and blow you afterwards
I'm not , but I package,
,yellow green like a traffic light
We're just like our tongue, you can have your wife
But since she gonna be on your nigger in an afterlife
You ain't got an ex niggers, you already know my hand,
And bitches know I come clean than,
..purple interior lavanda
,stepping the building, blow a,
Your bitch is over here, cleaning me off like a,
Because this beat is shit, we do every day on a,
Chorus:
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
When I pull up, pull up that whip
I'mma,
See how about wipe 'em put, he just finished sucking my dick
I top down, I'm blowing out
My gun's dancing, Chris Brown
Fresh death smelling you
Gucci, Prada, Louis ,
Dead white people in,
One rack, two racks more than you
I'm bossed up, ask Ricki,
I don't want your bitch, I just want it quicky!
And I know them boys don't like me
I ain't getting anyway
I don't want 'em boys to like me!
OK! I'm, the whip that I just purchase,
I pull up these curtains, that's why you r girl is flirting
I told I've been to front seat ,
My pain is Halloween, which means is candy,
Your bitch is New Years' Eve, which means is fucking loaded!
She thinks we're Valentines, but we ain't making love
Tomorrow is New Years Eve, so I'm right back in front of the,
Chorus:
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
Kamero blue, red on red
Playing blood money, I'mma blood money here!
I work hard, no days on, you can get, the niggers song
I cook it hard, but I brought this on,
I heard 'em choppers out, let 'em choppers off!
So what up, world? Do you miss me, son?
I heard 'em faggot niggers pussy, you should get me some!
Chorus:
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
..in my coop got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
Got your bitch up in my passenger
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
I know them boys don't like me
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